Rolf Binder Wines - Barossa Valley

Rolf Binder and his sister Christa are a second generation wine family based in the heart of the Barossa Valley. After graduating from Roseworthy, Rolf joined his father in 1982 in their old winemaking ''shed'' in Langmeil Road. A new winery was built up the road in 1999 with the old press making the journey. The press is one of the keys to Rolf''s winemaking style and when asked how old it was, Rolf replied ''They found the press but they didn''t find the ark''! Christa worked for Wolfblass and overseas where she specialised in white wine production.

There are close to 100 acres of vineyard that make up the Rolf Binder Estate, split into 2 vineyards, Western Ridge and Chri Ro Estate. Western Ridge is the most westerly vineyard in the Barossa and has a number of varieties that, because of its location, achieve great ripeness and intensity of flavour. The most prized vines from Western Ridge are the old Grenache vines. The Chri Ro Estate vineyards surround the new winery. They lie on the western slopes of the valley, some of its vines include old dry grown Mataro, to the very special Hanisch vines that produces grapes with the intensity of flavour and characteristics of pepper and spice that are all part of the success of the Hanisch Shiraz.    

This unique brother and sister winemaking team have taken Rolf Binder Wines to the world. Christa has bought her expertise back to the family business to make the white wines while Rolf had several vintages overseas and learnt by his father's side the secrets of creating great Barossa wines. He took over from his father as winemaker in the early 1980's and put his own mark on Rolf Binder Wines.